Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Lebanese students abroad fall prey to financial crisis at home
By Samia Nakhoul and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese medical student Lara Mustafa faces eviction from Russia and the end of her dream of becoming a doctor if her parents, hit by Lebanon's wors...
Nov 30, 2020
Canadian indigenous deal with KXL oil pipeline took years, aims to unlock long-term wealth
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - TC Energy Corp's sale of a C$1 billion ($769 million) stake in Keystone XL (KXL) to a Canadian indigenous group is the result of over three years of pressu...
Nov 30, 2020
Democracy darkens: Hong Kong activists reel from Chinese moves
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Prince Wong was still in her mother's womb when the Chinese government reclaimed control over Hong Kong from the British in the summer of 1997. S...
Nov 30, 2020
Somalia expels Kenyan envoy in latest row between neighbours
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia ordered the expulsion of Kenya's ambassador after accusing neighbouring Kenya of interfering in the electoral process in Jubbaland, one of Somalia's five semi-autonomous ...
Nov 30, 2020
‘Christmas will not be cancelled’ says Bethlehem, amid little comfort or joy
By Rami Ayyub BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Bethlehem is shaping up for a dismal Christmas: most of the inns are closed, the shepherds are likely to be under lockdown and there are few visitors fro...
Nov 30, 2020
Threats, detentions and frozen assets: Nigeria’s protesters depict pattern of intimidation
By Libby George and Paul Carsten LAGOS(Reuters) - At 7 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Onomene Adene received a call from a man whose voice she did not recognise. The man said he knew her from church and a...
Nov 30, 2020
Violence, floods in South Sudan’s Warrap state displace thousands
By Denis Dumo WARRAP STATE, South Sudan (Reuters) - James Athian and his nine children have been living in a makeshift camp in South Sudan's Warrap state for two months since floods destroyed their ho...
Nov 30, 2020
French health body says nursing homes should get COVID-19 vaccine first
PARIS (Reuters) - France's top health advisory body said on Monday it had recommended COVID-19 vaccinations should target retirement homes residents and their staff first when doses reach the country....
Nov 30, 2020
Kremlin rebuffs Moldovan idea to replace its troops in breakaway region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday rebuffed an idea backed by Moldova's incoming president to replace Russian troops stationed in the breakaway region of Transdniestria, saying such a move would...
Nov 30, 2020
Hong Kong curbs karaoke, closes games centres after reporting 76 new COVID cases
By Twinnie Siu and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong tightened restrictions aimed at containing a rise in coronavirus cases on Monday, limiting gatherings to no more than two people, closing ...
Nov 30, 2020
